Author: Edward Mumbuu (Edward Mumbuu )

With less than three-and-a-half years remaining on their term, the municipal council of the cash-strapped Windhoek municipality has set its sights on delivering 15 000 residential plots during their tenure. 

Windhoek mayor Sade Gawanas finds herself between a rock and a hard place. 

The Windhoek municipality is in a financial quagmire, which, if not arrested could collapse the city and residents will pay the ultimate price. Generous salaries and perks have made the city technically bankrupt. 

The City of Windhoek management Council refused to budge amidst mounting political pressure to employ Roads Authority boss Conrad Lutombi as CEO.

Landless People’s Movement leader Bernadus Swartbooi believes Roads Authority CEO Conrad Lutombi should be hired to become the city’s administrative head in the interest
of Windhoek residents.

The Affirmative Repositioning (AR) movement has fired its spokesperson Simon Amunime and head of elections Paulus Kathanga for dragging the movement’s name in the mud and sowing seeds of division within its rank and file. 

After six months of profiting through dual transport benefits, Windhoek mayor Sade Gawanas, with the management committee’s blessing, will continue using City vehicles and receiving a car allowance.

The office of the Auditor General, tasked to evaluate infrastructure maintenance at government schools, found public schools countrywide to be in a perilous state.

At least N$148 million paid by the Namibia Students Financial Assistance Fund to local universities could not be verified, as there is no credible documentary evidence to support the payments.

The Landless People’s Movement says the fact that Windhoek mayor Sade Gawanas received a transport allowance while also using the municipality’s vehicles in violation of the city’s policies speaks to the incompetence of those leading the institution.